MAN CHARGED OVER HEAD-ON COLLISION ON THE MID NORTH COAST
A 74-year-old has been charged with dangerous driving after a head-on collision earlier this year on the mid-north coast. On March the 3rd, emergency services attended a crash on the Pacific Highway,...
View ArticleSEARCH FOR MISSING MURRURUNDI CAMPER CALLED OFF
The search for a man who went missing during a camping trip in the Hunter Valley has been abandoned. The 43-year-old was last seen leaving the Timor Caves Camping Ground near Murrurundi around 4am on...
View Article4-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER CAR SLIPS INTO HAWKESBURY RIVER BOAT RAMP
A 4-year-old child has died after being trapped in a vehicle that slipped into the water at a boat ramp on the Hawkesbury River. Shortly before 11am, police and paramedics responded to reports of a...
View ArticleSHOT FIRED AT A HOUSE ON THE CENTRAL COAST
A gunshot has been fired at a house on the Central Coast yesterday. Police responded to reports of a shooting at a home on Tallowood Crescent, Ourimbah around midday on Friday. According to reports, a...
View ArticleLISMORE TAXI DRIVER CHARGED WITH INDECENTLY ASSAULTING PASSENGER
A taxi driver who entered the Lismore home of a female passenger and allegedly indecently assaulted her has been charged in relation to the incident. On the evening of Saturday, May 28, two women...
View ArticleBREATH TEST RESULTS IN DRUG AND FIREARM CHARGES IN GRAFTON
A man has been charged with drug and firearm offences, after being pulled over for a breath test on the state’s north coast. Just before 2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, police were conducting breath...
View ArticleSTOCKTON SAND BOARDER SUFFERS HEAD INJURIES, AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter has flown a man to John Hunter this afternoon, after the 25-year-old fell while sand boarding near Lavis Lane on the Stockton sand dunes. The man was part of an escorted...
View ArticleABANDONED BIRUBI BEACH RESORT SOLD
After years of sitting idle, an abandoned resort development at Port Stephens has finally been sold. Work on the Birubi Beach Resort stalled in 2012, while the company behind the $50-million project...
View ArticleMARKS POINT PEDESTRIAN KILLED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY VEIHCLE
A pedestrian has been killed after being struck by a car at Lake Maquarie yesterday. Shortly before 6pm on Saturday, emergency services responded to reports of a man being hit by a car on the Pacific...
View Article28-YEAR-OLD EXTRADITED FROM QUEENSLAND OVER ARMIDALE ROBBERY
A 28-year-old male has been extradited from Queensland in relation to an alleged aggravated break and enter in Armidale earlier this year. On the 13th of April, three men broke into a home on Rockvale...
View ArticleDRIVER CHARGED OVER FATAL MARYLAND HEAD-ON COLLISION
A man has been charged after a passenger died in a head-on collision in the Newcastle suburb of Maryland earlier this year. Around 10:30am on the 5th of January, a Subaru Impreza and a Holden Commodore...
View ArticleCAR STOLEN FOLLOWING ALLEGED ASSAULT ON THE GOLD COAST
A man has had his vehicle stolen, following an alleged assault in his home on the Gold Coast. About 10:30pm on Friday, two men and a woman entered a unit on Price Street in Nerang, where one of the...
View ArticleCENTRAL COAST POLICE INVESTIGATE MOTORCYLE CRASH
A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital after colliding with a utility on the Central Coast. Around 10:30am, emergency services were called to the Old Pacific Highway near Cowan Road at Mooney...
View ArticleDRIVER CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY POSTING MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SPEEDLIMIT
A driver has been charged after allegedly clocking speeds of 120km/h in a 50 zone near Lake Macquarie yesterday. Police stopped the car on Elizabeth Bay Drive around 2:25am on Friday and the...
View ArticlePOLICEMAN INJURED DURING GOLD COAST DISTURBANCE
A police officer has been knocked unconscious during an altercation on the Gold Coast overnight. Around 2:30am on Sunday, police responded to reports of a disturbance involving a large group of people...
View ArticlePOLICE INVESTIGATE AFTER BLAZE RIPS THROUGH GOLD COAST HOUSE
Police are investigating after a house was inundated by fire on the Gold Coast overnight. Just before 1am on Sunday, police responded to reports of a house fire on Mercator Street in Carrara. They...
View ArticleLISMORE WOMAN DEFRAUDS OVER $60,000 FROM TERMINALLY ILL MAN
A 54-year-old woman from Lismore has been charged after allegedly fraudulently obtaining and spending more than $60,000 over 12 months. The woman was given access to a debit card in March of 2015, to...
View Article200 MINERS SET TO LOSE JOBS AFTER ANGLO AMERICAN ANNOUNCES MINE CLOSURE
An estimated 200 employees will be laid off after mining company Anglo American issued a statement that its Drayton mine will cease operations by the end of September. Anglo American has stated the...
View ArticleATO TAX SCAMMERS TARGETING NORTHERN NSW
Police are urging people in Northern NSW to remain vigilant, after a number of taxation scams over the last few days. According to police, fraudsters are contacting members of the public by phone, and...
View ArticleTAXI DRIVER ROBBED AND PUSHED FROM VEHICLE ON THE GOLD COAST
A man from NSW has been charged following a violent robbery on the Gold Coast on Friday. Around 2:30pm yesterday, a man entered a taxi on Wardoo Street in Southport, before allegedly assaulting the...
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